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Old 04-02-2003, 08:37 AM
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Default road racing with tremec

I am curious if any of the fellow tremec owners are actually using 5th on the road courses. I know it'll take some getting use to but if you get them into 5th, it takes a little bit of sensitivity to speed shift back to fourth. I am curious if I should plan on staying out of 5th on the track. Seems like if I just used the tremec as a standard H pattern 4spd on the track and use 5th only for 70mph + driving on the highway, it works best. I haven't owned my car for that long, but given the limited occasions I have with most of my driving to even get into 5th, does this make sense? It's a very smooth transmission, but the gears do take some getting used to, with some of the 4spd like top loaders and side loaders, they are such short throws and really do allow you to shift through the gears in a hurry. Like I said, I am still getting used to the shift pattern.
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